Businessman | Posted on 11-Aug-2018 | Entertainment

Why is Winnie the Pooh banned in China?

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Blogger | Posted on 31-Oct-2018

Because people were making associations with Winnie the Pooh and Xi Jinping.

The first reference came when someone compared a photo of Xi and Obama walking side by side. The second reference came when Xi was shaking the Japanese Prime Minister’s hand.

It’s a sensitive time for China — and it will continue to be so at least through this next fall and winter.

I don’t know why, but Chinese and North Korean leaders seem more sensitive over this type of thing. I remember a WeChat account being banned after making fun of Jiang Ze Min’s hairstyle. This account had been around for months making fun of certain aspects of China — until they poked fun at Mr. Jiang. Even though Jiang has been marginalized after Xi’s ascent to power, this account was still banned after a relatively innocent joke. Searching for 金三胖 is also blocked on Baidu because apparently it upset Kim Jung Un of North Korea.

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Urmila Solanki

BBA in mass communication | Posted on 12-Aug-2018

The new Winnie the Pooh movie, which is yet to hit the theatres soon, has been already banned in China. One of the most loved and popular animated character, Winnie the Pooh’s movie Christopher Robin, which is being awaited eagerly all over, has now become the center of controversy in china.

The reason behind the ban is the funny comparison of Winnie the Pooh with the Chinese President Xi Jinping on social media. The discontent is not expressed publicly, but the scenario is enough to make out the reason of the ban of Chritopher Robin. The memes on internet comparing Xi Jinping with Winnie the Pooh and the sudden ban of Christopher Robin in China points towards the relation between the two events.

(Courtesy : The Indian Express )

The intolerance of China for various foreign films and the regulation and control over the movies releasing in China is nothing new. Among this, Winnie the Pooh’s Christopher Robin thrown out of the list of movies going to be released in China can’t be that surprising.

The memes and the photos making fun of Xi Jinping have been removed from all over. Imagine this happening in India. Almost half of the products of entertainment would be banned, and more than half of the memes would be removed if our respected Prime Minister showed discontent over the fun made of him on internet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKCI3X-7pbo

(Courtesy : YouTube )

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Vivek Sharma

Blogger | Posted on 23-Nov-2018

Because it was used in a reference to chinese president Xi Jinping and memes suggesting that Winnie the Pooh resembles him.

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